Getting to Abbey Beach.
The meeting will take place in Abbey Beach Resort, which is in Busselton, WA. This is a 2.5 hr drive from Perth, WA.
Airports: Busselton is served by Busselton Margaret River Airport. This is a small airport with limited number of arrivals and departures, flights from Melbourne and Sydney. Perth International Airport is the nearest large airport. This will have service from most major airlines.
If you wish to make your own way from Perth to Busselton, you can rent a car and drive or take the public bus. The public bus will take 4 hours and runs 3 times a day.
Arranged Coaches: We will arrange for buses to leave Perth Airport on Sunday 8-Sept taking conference attendees to the venue, and to return to Perth on Friday 13-September. We will decide the exact times of these buses closer to the meeting, based on attendees flight arrival times. We will request these later. If you can help it, arrival times before noon on Sunday are helpful, but we will work to accommodate everyone.
A number of flights leave Perth airport for international destinations at 6-8pm on Friday 13-September. The meeting will end midday so that an early bus can leave in time for these flights.
Accommodation
We strongly recommend you book your accommodation soon. Busselton is a resort town, and rooms at or near the conference venue (Abbey Beach Resort) may get taken. We ask that everyone please fill out the following (very short) google form (this is so that we can keep track of who might need help): https://forms.gle/NaUgQkSLCGX4SNGPA
There’s a variety of room types including single rooms and multi-bedroom apartments. There are a limited number of single room units, many will be in multi-bedroom apartments.
Booking Code: The discount code reduces the price for the rooms by 13%, and is valid for nights from Saturday before the meeting to Friday night after. If you have received an email about giving a talk at the meeting, then in that email is the booking code. You need that code to book a room.
Single Room Booking: To book a single room you will need to contact the venue via email and/or phone. You will need the discount code (below) and tell them you are associated to the conference. The contact info for Abbey Beach is:
reservations@abbeybeach.com.au
+61 897554600
Apartment Suite: A large fraction of the rooms are shared apartment suites, which have private/separate bedrooms. The apartments have a shared kitchen (equipped), living area and bathrooms (many have multiple bathrooms). All beachfront rooms are apartment suites. Apartment suites are also cheaper by $300-400 per person for the week. Abbey Beach Resort will not split bills. If you are trying to book a shared room, but no one person can cover the entire room costs, we will organize for all roommates to pay us and we will book the room for you. If you would like us to match you with a conference participant for the shared apartment suites, then you must indicate this in the google form (link below). Feel free to contact Deanne (dfisher@swin.edu.au) if you have questions about this.
The list of participants is here: